Cloud Computing

Cloud Solutions for Businesses
“A public cloud solution is a scalable system based on hardware that is shared between many clients. It’s usually cheaper to setup and start using since the hardware is already in place and ready to be used. You’ll be sharing drive space, CPU and RAM with other clients in the system and only pay for what you use.
A public cloud computing solution takes many technical details out of your control. While this can be a relief to the less-technical, it means you have little control over important details like how often backups are created, where systems are located and what kind of redundancy is in place to prevent outages. Recent outage of Amazon’s cloud system and other providers shows the uncertainty that can come from using a public cloud.” (http://www.10gea.org/cloud/is-amazon-cloud-the-only-solution-you-should-consider/)
Amazon Cloud is the oldest cloud service; they are the most trusted because it has been around longer than any other Cloud service. “Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) is a web service that provides resizable compute capacity in the cloud. It is designed to make web-scale computing easier for developers.” (http://aws.amazon.com/ec2/)
Amazon offers a free tier for the first year of service. Free Tier*
As part of AWS’s Free Usage Tier, new AWS customers can get started with Amazon EC2 for free. Upon sign-up, new AWS customers receive the following EC2 services each month for one year: * 750 hours of EC2 running Linux/UNIX or RHEL or SLES Micro instance usage * 750 hours of EC2 running Microsoft Windows Server Micro instance usage * 750 hours of Elastic Load Balancing plus 15 GB data processing * 30 GB of Amazon EBS Standard volume storage plus 2 million IOs and 1 GB snapshot storage * 15 GB of bandwidth out aggregated across all AWS services * 1 GB of Regional Data Transfer…...

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...Thursday 6 September 2012
Cloud Computing
Content Page
1. Brief of research project
2. Map of a Cloud Computing
3. Introduction
4. Body
5. Conclusion
6. Bibliography
NFORMATION SYSTEMS III (MODULE B)
Databases
Call for Term Research Papers
Due Date: Thursday 6 September 2012
Write a research paper between 1000 – 1500 words on any of the given topics.
NO PLAGIARISM WILL BE TOLERATED
A Hard copy is required.
Topics to be considered are the following two areas only:
* Temporal Database Systems
* Cloud Computing
Your paper should consist of an Abstract, an Introduction, a Body, and a Conclusion. It should be written in accordance with the rules in the Information Systems - Communications Module.
NO PLAGIARISM WILL BE TOLERATED!
For more details please contact your lecturer.
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Introduction
The Cloud can be described as a computing centre, for anyone with a network connection. Access to applications and data anywhere you go anytime from any device is the potential outcome of a Cloud. The consumer-level Cloud is a good starting point for business and sites like Twitter and Facebook act as digital repositories for data and we can access this data from any internet devices, from our iPhones to our desktop computers. Cloud computing is a platform for the next upcoming generation of the Internet. In my essay clouds will be defined and explained as in business benefits of cloud computing, and outlines its major components. A Cloud Computing platform......

...reside on the Cloud (Internet).
As a metaphor for the Internet, "the cloud" is a familiar cliché, but when combined with "computing", the meaning gets bigger and fuzzier. Some analysts and vendors define cloud computing narrowly as an updated version of utility computing: basically virtual servers available over the Internet. Others go very broad, arguing anything you consume outside the firewall is "in the cloud", including conventional outsourcing.
Cloud computing comes into focus only when you think about what we always need: a way to increase capacity or add capabilities on the fly without investing in new infrastructure, training new personnel, or licensing new software. Cloud computing encompasses any subscription-based or pay-per-use service that, in real time over the Internet, extends ICT's existing capabilities.
Cloud computing is at an early stage, with a motley crew of providers large and small delivering a slew of cloud-based services, from full-blown applications to storage services to spam filtering. Yes, utility-style infrastructure providers are part of the mix, but so are SaaS (software as a service) providers such as Salesforce.com. Today, for the most part, IT must plug into cloud-based services individually, but cloud computing aggregators and integrators are already emerging.
______________________________________Cloud computing - The Concept
Cloud computing is Internet ("cloud") based development and use of computer technology ("computing").......

...Cloud computing
Cloud computing is the use of computing resources (hardware and software) that are delivered as a service over a network (typically the Internet). The name comes from the use of a cloud-shaped symbol as an abstraction for the complex infrastructure it contains in system diagrams. Cloud computing entrusts remote services with a user's data, software and computation.
There are many types of public cloud computing:[1]
Infrastructure as a service (IaaS)
Platform as a service (PaaS)
Software as a service (SaaS)
Storage as a service (STaaS)
Security as a service (SECaaS)
Data as a service (DaaS)
Database as a service (DBaaS)
Test environment as a service (TEaaS)
Desktop virtualization
API as a service (APIaaS)
Backend as a service (BaaS)
In the business model using software as a service, users are provided access to application software and databases. The cloud providers manage the infrastructure and platforms on which the applications run. SaaS is sometimes referred to as “on-demand software” and is usually priced on a pay-per-use basis. Saas providers generally price applications using a subscription fee.
Proponents claim that the SaaS allows a business the potential to reduce IT operational costs by outsourcing hardware and software maintenance and support to the cloud provider. This will enable a business to reallocate IT operations to focus on other IT goals. In addition, the application is hosted centrally, so updates can be released without......

...tampering and phishing attacks.
Analysis of Cloud Computing
In a cloud computing system, there's a significant workload shift. Local computers no longer have to do all the heavy lifting when it comes to running applications. The network of computers that make up the cloud handles them instead. Hardware and software demands on the user's side decrease. The only thing the user's computer needs to be able to run is the cloud computing systems interface software, which can be as simple as a Web browser, and the cloud's network takes care of the rest. There's a good chance you've already used some form of cloud computing. If you have an e-mail account with a Web-based e-mail service like Hotmail, Yahoo Mail or Gmail, then you've had some experience with cloud computing. Instead of running an e-mail program on your computer, you log in to a Web e-mail account remotely. The software and storage for your account doesn't exist on your computer, it's on the service's computer cloud. When talking about a cloud computing system, it's helpful to divide it into two sections: the front
end and the back end. They connect to each other through a network, usually the Internet. The front end is the side the computer user, or client, sees. The back end is the "cloud" section of the system.
The front end includes the client's computer or computer network and the application required to access the cloud computing system. Not all cloud computing systems have the same user interface.......

...Cloud Computing for Education and Learning: Education and Learning as a Service (ELaaS)
Mohssen M. Alabbadi
Computer Research Institute (CRI) King Abdulaziz City for Science & Technology (KACST) Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Alabbadi@kacst.edu.sa
Abstract—Cloud computing, despite its hype, is being widely deployed, with its dynamic scalability and usage of virtualized resources, in many organizations for several applications. It is envisioned that, in the near future, cloud computing will have a significant impact on the educational and learning environment, enabling their own users (i.e., learners, instructors, and administrators) to perform their tasks effectively with less cost by utilizing the available cloud-based applications offered by the cloud service providers. This paper discusses the use of cloud computing in the educational and learning arena, to be called ‟Education and Learning as a Service” (ELaaS), emphasizing its possible benefits and offerings. It is essential for an educational and learning organization, with its budget restrictions and sustainability challenges, to use the cloud formation best suited for a particular IT activity. The Jericho Forum proposes a cloud computing formation model, called the Cloud Cube Model (CCM), which is based on 4 criteria. To preserve the symmetry of the cube, a new cloud computing formation model, called the Complete Cloud Computing Formations (C3F), is proposed. The IT activities in the educational and learning organizations......

...Intro to Information Technology
Submitted to: Professor Christopher Davis
Submitted by: Louey Carter
Title of Assignment: Cloud Computing
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Cloud computing is computing that relies on sharing computing resources instead of having local servers or personal devices to handle applications and storage. In cloud computing, the term cloud, also known as “The Cloud”, refers to the Internet. Therefore, cloud computing is a type of internet based computing where different services such as applications, storage and servers are accessible by an organization’s computer system and other devices through the internet. With cloud computing, a data center is used to store and process data that can be accessed from any location and from any device with the capabilities of accessing the internet. By using cloud computing, businesses do not have to build and run their own data centers, which can be more expensive, especially if they are a small or midsized company (Knorr, G. 2008). Historically, deploying an application required a server with dedicated storage. Now, the physical connection between hardware and software can be separated or virtualized. This virtualization provides great flexibility of where you want the server centralized. With the flexibility of the cloud, the data processing centers are able to be located in a less expensive location. Thus, reducing company overhead or the company......

...Cloud Computing
Table of Contents
Abstract 1
Evolution of Cloud Computing 1
Defining Cloud Computing 3
Deployment Models 5
Delivery Models 7
Essential Characteristics of Cloud Computing 10
Benefits of Cloud Computing 11
Risks of Cloud Computing 13
Conclusion 15
References 17
Cloud Computing
Abstract
Cloud computing is one of the latest computer and business industry buzz words. It joins the ranks of ‘virtualization’, ‘grid computing’, and ‘clustering’, among other buzz words in the IT industry. Cloud computing is a virtual network access, application, storage, and other computing resources on a pay-as-you-go basis. It allows users to access their networks, store information, and other resources from a virtual “cloud.” It is a relatively new concept that is still evolving. As a result, there is no standard definition of the cloud computing concept, which has led to many variations of the definition of cloud computing. Due to this lack of standardization members of the IT industry have created cloud products based on their own definitions of cloud computing, which has resulted in inconsistencies and confusion about what cloud computing really is. This paper will discuss the evolution, various definitions, deployment models, delivery models, characteristics, benefits and risks, of cloud computing.
Evolution of Cloud Computing
Cloud Computing has evolved through a number of phases, which include grid and utility computing, application......

...CLOUD COMPUTING
Prepared for:
James Smith
DICE
Prepared by
Leslie Joshua
Conestoga College
December 12th 2013
Table of Contents
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Introduction........................................................................................................ 1
What is Cloud Computing....................................................................................1
Types of Cloud Service Models.......................................................................2
Types of Cloud Service Deployment Models...................................................2-3
What are the Benefits?........................................................................................3-4
What are the Downsides?....................................................................................4
What is the Future of Cloud Computing...............................................................5
Conclusion.............................................................................................................5
References.............................................................................................................6
List of Illustration
1. Types of Deployment Models..............................................................................3
2. Expected cloud computing Figure growth from 2011 to 2016.............................5
3. Flexibility of cloud computing...............................................

...complex and expensive. Cloud computing services has been gaining significant importance due to its characteristics of making IT infrastructure and resources more agile, has reduced dependency on device and location, enhance performance and productivity with several other benefits. The basic meaning of cloud computing is the storing and accessing of data and programs over internet rather than one’s computer’s hard drive. The cloud is defined as a collection of interconnected IT services and infrastructures, which are accessible through a network (Erl et al., 2013). Cloud computing enables multiple users to share resources, which are located dynamically and used as per the demand. The main aim of cloud computing is that it allows users to use all the technologies, without requiring to have deep knowledge or expertise about each one (Rhoton, 2010). The cloud services aims to reduce the cost of setting up and maintaining IT infrastructure instead it enables the user to concentrate on the core business. Cloud computing services provides the advantage of fewer operational issues, which is a great advantage for the small and medium size businesses since it allows they do not have to own the resources such as servers, software and infrastructure and can use the resources of the service provider. Cloud computing services allow the users to transfer data between different systems without locking the businesses into one provider (Nielsen, 2013). The other advantages of cloud are that it......

...CLOUD 2013 Research Track
Cloud Computing has become a scalable services consumption and delivery platform in the field of Services Computing. The technical foundations of Cloud Computing include Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) and Virtualizations of hardware and software. The goal of Cloud Computing is to share resources among the cloud service consumers, cloud partners, and cloud vendors in the cloud value chain. The resource sharing at various levels results in various cloud offerings such as infrastructure cloud (e.g. hardware, IT infrastructure management), software cloud (e.g. SaaS focusing on middleware as a service, or traditional CRM as a service), application cloud (e.g. Application as a Service, UML modeling tools as a service, social network as a service), and business cloud (e.g. business process as a service).
CLOUD 2013 tries to attract researchers, practitioners, and industry business leaders in all the following areas to help define and shape cloud computing, and its related modernization strategy and directions of the services industry. You are invited to submit research papers to the following areas:
- Cloud Computing Architectures and Cloud Solution Design Patterns
- Infrastructure, Platform, Application, Business, Social, and Mobile Clouds
- Storage, Data, and Analytics Clouds
- Self-service Cloud Portal, Dashboard, and Analytics
- Security, Privacy, and Compliance Management for Public, Private, and Hybrid Clouds
- Cloud Quality......

...Cloud Computing: The Benefits and the Downside
Air, energy, the environment are intangible to the human eye, but yet all three play an integral part in our survival. Cloud computing relates to these three things because all of these could be adversely affected by cloud computing. Technology is an ever evolving and growing market dominated by the consumerism of Apple products and a world where instant gratification is gloried as information is processed in the matter of seconds. The evolution of technology has not only changed the way that we communicate with one another, but also the way in which businesses must conduct their daily transactions. A person in the United States can keep in touch with a friend thousands of miles of way in Brazil or England using Facebook or Twitter. World events spread in the same manner as wildfire, uniting citizens around the world with such topics as war and human rights. We live in a society in which technology has shaped the people that we are today. Most students in middle or high school have had access to a cellular phone since their birth. Beyond the surface of technology being used as a device to interact with one another, technology is used as a device to store information. Our society has transformed from storing information on a hard drive or a flash drive to the information being stored on the Internet via the concept of cloud computing. Cloud computing is the act in which information can be stored and reviewed over the Internet......

...about Cloud computing, the several cloud deployment and service models. This paper will cover the benefits and disadvantages of cloud computing over the traditional IT environment including scalability, flexibility, security, and privacy. Now a days cloud computing is considered the next big thing, a tool that is used by marketers to be impressive, for example Microsoft release a commercial back in 2010 with a man in front of a computer and then an image saying “Into the Cloud” (youtube.com). This tool is being used by many companies to attract customers yet many people fail to understand what Cloud computing is, Cloud computing is an overall philosophy and design concept that is much more complex and yet simpler then people give it credit for.
Cloud Computing is a new term to many people since it was introduced to the general public in 2006 (infoworld.com). However it has been around for much longer, Western Union was thought to have created the term “The Cloud” in the 1960`s (infoworld.com). Those who have been in the business for a long time like David S. Linthicum who is a consultant at Cloud Technology Partners, and is an internationally recognized industry expert who has authored 13 books on cloud computing can recall the name “The Cloud” in the 1980`s in terms of networking semantics (infoworld.com).The term Cloud Computing itself has changed over the years and is still evolving to this day. Before diving any deeper one must first understand what is Cloud Computing?......

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2/12/15
Cloud Computing
Cloud computing involves servers and software networks; this allows centralized data storage and online access to computer services or resources. In other words, users can access software applications through the internet or any other networks through the cloud application provider. Cloud computing is just a term used to describe this process. Many things can be achieved using cloud computing as long as it’s properly done and maintained. There are various positive outcomes that derive from this innovative business approach. However, some corporate executives would prefer not to use cloud computing due to security and privacy issues. The main concern is that people’s important data and personal information would not be secured, as well, as it should be and is at risk of being compromised. With this being said, there are potential positives outcomes as well as negative ones.
Cloud computing is hosted on remote servers, which receive the data that is sent to “the cloud”. Using this type of accounting software saves businesses from having to install and maintain software on each individual desktop computer. It also allows employees, in remote or branch offices, to access the same data and the same version of that same software. There are three different types of clouds: private, public and hybrid. (Cloud computing accounting software) Each of these clouds has its own specifications relating how and where it will operate. A private cloud for......